Bak kut teh is essentially a heap of pork, usually ribs, cooked in broth.
While a huge bowl of mussels was perfectly cooked, the broth wanted more taste (more white wine, perhaps more aromatics, too).
Meatballs cooked in broth (like Neapolitan wedding soup), sauce or gravy (like Swedish meatballs) were especially likely to be made from cooked meat; the added liquid brings moisture, tenderness and flavor back to the meat.
There is even a section of the menu devoted to what Vuong calls Eastside 626 Provisions, which is to say banchan-like condiments like bean sprouts with sesame; jasmine rice cooked in broth; lightly pickled okra with fenugreek; and spicy Indonesian-style chile sauces.
Add cooked sausage, broth, water, wine, tomatoes, carrots, basil, oregano and tomato sauce.
You can also add up to 1 cup (250 ml) chopped cooked chicken broth or seafood, if desired.
They are super easy, as all you need to do is cook the broth and slice up your ingredients.
My favorite is Sichuan hotpot, a bubbling caldron of slow-cooked broth infused with fiery peppers and chili oil which you cook fresh meat and vegetables in.
When chickpeas are cooked, drain, reserving broth.
Fish dishes at weddings are often cooked in tamarind broth and then stored in rows of narrow-necked earthenware pots.
One evening, we were sitting around a steaming pot of shabu-shabu, thinly sliced beef cooked in a broth and dipped in sesame sauce.
